Antonio José Coelho Louzada

Born in Porto on November 4, 1828, António Coelho Lousada — also listed as Antonio José Coelho Louzada — was a Portuguese writer, poet, and journalist. He died young in Porto in 1859, but in a brief life he built a reputation in the city's literary world.

He worked with a number of Porto periodicals, and reference sources describe him as a journalist, poet, and novelist. He was also connected with the Teatro das Variedades, where he served as director, showing how closely his writing life was tied to the cultural life of Porto.

Lousada is especially remembered for historical fiction set in the Portuguese past. Among the works linked to him are A rua escura: tradição portuense and Os tripeiros, a historical novel associated with Porto and published after his death in book form. His writing is often noted for its local atmosphere and for turning the history of Porto into story.